Book description
This collection comprises all of Peter Robinson's short crime tales,
including four stories featuring Inspector Banks, a private-eye story
set in Florida, and a romantic mystery set in Paris. The modern classic,
'Innocence', won the Crime Writer of Canada's Best Short Story Award.
This collection also includes two historical stories.
Whether he writes pure detective stories or heartbreakingly noir tales,
Peter Robinson is a thoughtful writer who is one of the crime world's
finest stylists.
'Readers who know Robinson only through his Inspector Banks novels are
in for a treat' KIRKUS REVIEWS Peter Robinson grew up in Yorkshire and
now lives in Canada. He is the author of fifteen novels featuring
Inspector Banks and one stand-alone novel, CAEDMON'S SONG. He is the
winner of numerous awards in the United States, Britain and Canada, and
in 2002 he won the CWA Dagger in the Library. His fifteenth Inspector
Banks novel, STRANGE AFFAIR, is published in 2005.
